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PERIOD 4: CHAPTERS 9-10 QUIZ
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following is most correctly seen as a direct continuation of the Roman Empire?
A) Frankish Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Byzantine Empire
D) Abbasid Empire
E) Holy Roman Empire
(Page Ref: 196; Topic: Introduction; Skill: Conceptual)
2) The Byzantine Empire lasted from approximately
A) 500 to 1450.
B) 200 to 1200.
C) 300 to 1700.
D) 700 to 1650.
E) 300 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
(Page Ref: 196; Topic: Introduction; Skill: Factual)
3) Which of the following represents a difference between the spread of civilization in eastern and
western Europe?
A) They produced different versions of Christianity, culturally as well as organizationally separate.
B) Only eastern Europe developed north-south commercial ties.
C) Centralized government and well-organized bureaucracy was more a feature of western Europe
than eastern Europe.
D) Eastern Europe retained less fully the culture of the later Roman Empire than did the West.
E) Only the East faced the threat of an Islamic invasion.
(Page Ref: 197; Topic: Introduction; Skill: Conceptual)
4) Which of the following was NOT one of Justinianʹs positive contributions to the Byzantine Empire?
A) The rebuilding of Constantinople
B) Systematizing of the Roman legal code
C) The reconquest of Gaul
D) The construction of Hagia Sophia
E) Allowing for new architectural innovations
(Page Ref: 197; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Factual)
5) Which of the following was a result of the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab
Muslims?
A) The Arab threat to the Byzantine Empire was permanently removed.
B) The position of small farmers in the empire was weakened as a result of heavy taxation, resulting
in greater aristocratic estates.
C) The Byzantine Empire was able to recover the provinces of Syria and Egypt, thus regaining
valuable agricultural land and increased wealth.
D) The commercial significance of Constantinople was destroyed by the 8th century, forcing the
Byzantine Empire to depend increasingly on trade with the West.
E) The Byzantines made an alliance with Kievan Rus which led to greater cooperation between the
two empires.
(Page Ref: 199; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Conceptual)
6) In which of the following ways were the Byzantine bureaucracy and the Chinese bureaucracy
similar?
A) There was an extensive state exam system in both.
B) Emperors played little role in either government.
C) There was no linkage of the bureaucracies to local administration.
D) Both bureaucracies were open to talented commoners, not just aristocrats.
E) They were driven by the authority of the religious authorities.
(Page Ref: 200; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Conceptual)
7) Which of the following was NOT a strength of Byzantine cultural life?
A) Domed buildings adapted from the Roman style of architecture
B) Richly colored mosaics
C) Innovative literary forms
D) Painted icons
E) A certain amount of diversity
(Page Ref: 201; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Conceptual)
8) Which of the following issues was a cause for the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox
churches after 1054?
A) The Orthodox churchʹs lack of bishops
B) The insistence of the patriarch of Constantinople on supremacy within church councils
C) The absence of monasticism in Roman Catholicism
D) The Roman Catholic practice of requiring celibacy for its priests
E) Polygamy among Orthodox priests
(Page Ref: 202; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Conceptual)
9) In the 11th century, what group of people seized most of the Asiatic provinces of the Byzantine
Empire?
A) The Huns
B) The Mongols
C) The Ottoman Turks
D) The Seljuk Turks
E) The Mamluks
(Page Ref: 203; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Factual)
10) In what year did the Ottoman Turks successfully capture Constantinople and bring the Byzantine
Empire to a close?
A) 1071
B) 1326
C) 1453
D) 1501
E) 1492
(Page Ref: 203; Topic: The Byzantine Empire; Skill: Factual)
11) The moldboard was
A) a system of justice common to the manorial regime of the medieval West.
B) a technological innovation, a plow that allowed deeper turning of the soil.
C) a technological innovation, a water-driven mill for grinding grain.
D) the peasant council that determined the division of land and labor in a peasant village.
E) a nickname for the first school established by Charles Martel in France.
(Page Ref: 213; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Factual)
12) Which of the following statements about the manorial system is NOT true?
A) It was technologically sophisticated.
B) It had originated in the Roman Empire.
C) Its obligations bore heavily on serfs.
D) Agricultural productivity was low.
E) It was practically self-sufficient.
(Page Ref: 213; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Conceptual)
13) Where was the greatest concentration of urbanization after the 10th century in Europe?
A) Italy and the Low Countries
B) England and France
C) France and the Holy Roman Empire
D) England and Scandinavia
E) Spain and Poland
(Page Ref: 215-216; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Factual)
14) What was the impact of the improved economy after the 10th century on the social system of
western Europe?
A) The improvements in the agricultural system retarded the development of towns and restricted
social mobility.
B) Harsh serfdom became the rule throughout western Europe.
C) The increased pace of economic life created a less rigid structure.
D) Despite the improved economy, the rigid social system associated with feudalism continued to
dominate western Europe.
E) The merchants lost considerable power to the monarchs.
(Page Ref: 216; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Conceptual)
15) Which of the following statements about feudalism is most accurate?
A) Although it inhibited the development of strong central states, some kings were able to use
feudalism to build their own power.
B) Although it provided initial political stability, feudalism was rapidly replaced by a western
European imperial system.
C) Feudalism represented only a brief, and largely unsatisfactory, attempt to create political stability
in western Europe.
D) Feudalism produced centralized monarchies by the 8th century.
E) Feudalism caused rapid economic gains in all parts of Europe including England.
(Page Ref: 217; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Conceptual)
16) In what year did Pope Urban II call for the First Crusade?
A) 1066
B) 1095
C) 1130
D) 1236
E) 1453
(Page Ref: 220; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Factual)
17) The reforming monastic orders founded in Assisi in the 13th century were created by
A) St. Benedict and Clovis.
B) St. Clare and St. Benedict.
C) St Francis and Charlemagne.
D) St. Francis and St. Clare.
E) St. Bernard and Abelard
(Page Ref: 220; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Factual)
18) Pope Gregory VII decreed the practice of investiture invalid. What was investiture?
A) The practice whereby aristocrats dressed in bishopsʹ robes and attempted to rule in their place
B) The practice of state appointment of bishops
C) The practice of trying clerics in secular courts
D) The stateʹs power to tax the clergy
E) Loaning money at excessive interest to the church
(Page Ref: 220; Topic: Stages of Post-Classical Development; Skill: Conceptual)
19) What 12th century monk stressed the importance of mystical union with God over logic and
philosophy?
A) Duns Scotus
B) Bernard of Clairvaux
C) Simeon of Durham
D) Marsiglio of Padua
E) Augustine
(Page Ref: 222; Topic: Western Culture in the Post-Classical Era; Skill: Conceptual)
20) Which of the following was NOT true of the career of Jacques Coeur?
A) He used his wealth to arrange for his 16-year-old son to become an archbishop.
B) He died a rich and honored advisor to the king of France.
C) He was tortured, admitted to various crimes, and had his property confiscated.
D) He had the largest fleet ever owned by a French subject.
E) Coeur built an elaborate palace at Bourges.
(Page Ref: 227; Topic: Changing Economic, Social Forms in Post-Classical Centuries; Skill: Conceptual)
Essay Questions: Answer all four essay questions.
1) Compare and contrast the spread of European civilization in eastern and western Europe.
2) What were the factors in the decline of the Byzantine Empire?
3) Define manorialism and feudalism. How do they provide the building blocks for medieval political
structure and society?
4) What were the developments that led to increases in monarchic power at the end of the Middle
Ages? How was royal authority limited?